The Dickinson press., 1887-08-20

The Catholic church at st. Paul,
eighteen miles west Fort Madison,
Iowa, was totally destroyed hy Il cy.
clone which swept over that section
last Saturday. Much other damage
was done.
Charles APPEL shot his wife at New
Orleans last Saturday and then COM
mitted suicide 10y blowing out his
brains. .tpfel was twenty-five years
of age and his wife was five years
younger. They had not lived happi-
ly together.
AN Albany, n. Y. dispatch says
that 1t is generally reported that
Judge Potter has decided to grant q
stay in the Sharp ease. 1t is said lie
is now earnestly engaged ut his resi-
dcnce here writing i'm exhaustive
opinion.
Winnipeg special Pioneer Press.
Manager Van Horn of the Canadian
Pacific has shipped rails and ties to
Eerson to relay the track of the En-
erson Soap line from Pcmbina
Junction. it i%s-thought with the idea
OF preventing the crossing of the Red
River Valley road.
At Duluth, James Batta, % years
old and Il sailor on the Roswell p.
Flower, walked off the dock Saturday
evening while attempting to get on
the vessel and vas drowned. The de-
ceased lived on Wolf Island. Milwal-
kcc. where his body will he sent.
a crew of mel is digging into
solnc of the numerous mounds around
Clearwater Lake. about ten miles
from Clearwater, Mimi. A number
of human skeletons and ancient iron
tools have been mncarthed. and the
work still goes on. Considerable cX-
citcmcnt prevails in the neighbour
hood.
Mrs. Ann Eliza Dinning. formerly
well known as Ann Eliza Young, the
nineteenth wife of the late Brigham
Young. the head of the Mormon
church. now lives at M;mistee. Mich.
and is sick with dyspepsia. by the
advice of IL physician She entered up
Oh Il prolonged fast which has now
continued nineteen days.
The secretary of the navy issued in
structioms to have the work of con-
strncting the United States monitor
"Mrantonomah. lying at the New
York navy yard, pushed us rapidly as
possible. Contracts are also let for
the building of two lirst-rlass war
ships of the latest approved pattern.
They are TO cost about S2.5tu.@on.
The Honorable Secretary OF the In
terror has revoked the order with
drawing indemnity lands from settle
mrnt and has directed the Commits
sioncr to throw them I'LL open To pre-
cmption and homestead settlers. The
fun will now begin. LIN the ease of
the Northern Pacific the order will
place 2,"6l.6 900 acres on the market
and subject to Squatter occupation.
Half of the above is not surveyed and
settlers must squat if they desire to
get any of it.
a New York dispatch says that
Richard Scalnon Scott. who a%bSrondrl
with Sl5o,om that belonged to the
Manhattan bank. of which he had
been an employee in 'lsS5 and whose
whereabouts there was such profound
mystery. has made u confession be-
fore Consul General Walter at LON
don. This ilnpliratcs John II. Dunn,
who is shown to he a bigger rascal
than Scott and vas partly the cause
of the l%attrr's forgetting his duty.
Dunn has been arrested. In his con-
fcssion Scott says Dunn, who was u
cousin of Scotts wife and a lawyer,
advised Scott to take 81. 1000, 1000 of the
banks money and skip to Canada. but
Scott could not get but Sl50.0OO of
which he gave Dunn Sl4o.oo0 and
with the rest he started for Montreal.
A Glenwood. Col. special says: Van
Clief. the courier whom General West
sent out to find Sheriff Kendall, az
rived Tuesday about $50, having rid
den from Kendall'S camp near Thorn
burg's battle ground in less than thir-
teen hours. Il distance of los miles.
Forty of Kendall men weakened and
deserted h~im.leaving only fifteen men.
He is greatly reduced. His horses
are Worn out and he is working toward
Meekcr for assistance and supplies.
General West has autographed to Gov.
Adams. Van Clief says that Harry
Golf was started out five hours ahead
of him from Meeker with Il message.
lie has not arrived and ii is feared he
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messenger says the Utes are coming
up from the reservations and Angus
tines band from Douglass Creek. A
messenger has also been dispatched
to Fort Duchesne for cavalry. The
two messengers who arrived from
Meeker Wednesday will return this
evening with a message to Kendall
that reinforcements will be forth
coming.s None of Kendall's men were
killed, but one had his horse shot
from under him. The greatest en-
citement prevails and fears of IL gen.
eral Indian outbreak are entertained.
n Arov>c Blood Elixir is the only
'ooN = Blood Remedy guaran-
teed. 1t is a positive cure for Ulcers, Erup.